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"Italy added 4.8 GW of solar from January to October, says grid operator"
#Italy #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/italy-deploys-4-6-gw-of-solar-in-january-october-period/
"Italy added 4.8 GW of solar from January to October, says grid operator"
#Italy #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/italy-deploys-4-6-gw-of-solar-in-january-october-period/
Some uplifting news for a change.
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
Regardless of White House policy, farmers can benefit from solar panels on their land.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/06/if-the-white-house-wont-save-us-farmers-agrivoltaics-will/
#agrivoltaics #agrisolar #agripv #dualuse #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #usfarmers #farmers #solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #greenenergy #cleanenergy #energy #renewableenergy #sustainable #sustainability
Some uplifting news for a change.
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
I also think that solar power will also be used in food production. It will be needed for creating fertilizer. And more directly it can be used to create food from air and water using hydrogen oxidizing bacteria. Solar Foods is an example of a company doing this https://solarfoods.com/ (again not endorsing them). If this kind of food production becomes widespread, it will require a lot of solar panels.
4/N
I want to be clear that I don't support covering the planet in solar panels. The last thing our wild plant and animal friends need is more pressure on their habitats. But unfortunately at least in the US, there is a deep expectation for growth. People want there 401k's to go up. They want their kids to have more than they did. The book convincingly argues that those economic desires require physical energy. So until our collective mindset changes, there will be growing demand for energy with solar being the most feasible form.
5/N
In the book, Tom Murphy explores the most likely energy sources to sustain civilization into the future. It is a textbook, so he gets into the calculations for each energy source. By far the most promising is solar. There is plenty of solar power at our current energy use levels. So solar could allow for growth for a while longer. But we are not talking thousands of years, at most growth (at our current levels) with solar could only last a couple hundred years. And then our planet is covered in solar panels. Hopefully growth stops before that point!
2/N
The book was written in 2021 and solar has grown dramatically since then. I think synthetic fuels created using solar power will be a big part of the energy mix going forward. There are companies like Terraform Industries
https://www.terraformindustries.com/ and Prometheus Fuels https://prometheusfuels.com/ (these are not an endorsements) which are pushing in this direction. If synthetic fuels take off, then there would be massive demand for more solar.
3/N
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Good to see the ALP making a step in the right direction to tackle Australia's cost of living crisis.
It's only fair that the benefits of free electricity from residential rooftop solar are shared with all consumers.
Next:
- Investigate price-gouging for "network fees" and "poles & wires" charges by electricity wholesalers.
- Make electricity companies pay households a fair price for putting electricity they generated with their own rooftop solar into the grid. Currently, electricity companies take it for free or pay households a miserly feed-in rate. Some other countries have regulations to make power companies pay households equal rates for "give and take".
#AusPol #SolarPower #Solar #RooftopSolar #Renewables #PriceGouging #CostOfLiving
"Premier Foods invests £2m in onsite solar at Mr Kipling bakery"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/premier-foods-invests-2m-in-onsite-solar-at-mr-kipling-bakery/
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Good to see the ALP making a step in the right direction to tackle Australia's cost of living crisis.
It's only fair that the benefits of free electricity from residential rooftop solar are shared with all consumers.
Next:
- Investigate price-gouging for "network fees" and "poles & wires" charges by electricity wholesalers.
- Make electricity companies pay households a fair price for putting electricity they generated with their own rooftop solar into the grid. Currently, electricity companies take it for free or pay households a miserly feed-in rate. Some other countries have regulations to make power companies pay households equal rates for "give and take".
#AusPol #SolarPower #Solar #RooftopSolar #Renewables #PriceGouging #CostOfLiving
"Premier Foods invests £2m in onsite solar at Mr Kipling bakery"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.edie.net/premier-foods-invests-2m-in-onsite-solar-at-mr-kipling-bakery/
Solar-powered QR reading postboxes being rolled out across UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgln72rgrero
#HackerNews #SolarPower #QRcodes #UK #Innovation #EcoFriendly #TechNews
"Bangladesh tenders 72 MW of rooftop solar"
"Bangladesh tenders 72 MW of rooftop solar"
"Chart: Solar is driving renewable energy to new heights around the globe"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/renewables-boom-global-solar-installations
It's fun to see how solar panel manufacturing processes affect how they look. Mono-Si is produced in cylinders, so the cells are cut to octagons, a compromise between wasting too much material, and having too much empty space when tilling. Poly-Si can be made directly into squares without waste, and is also cheaper, but the panels are less efficient.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_solar_cell_poly-Si_vs_mono-Si.png
Ever since learning about Solar Power in my 1964 Weekly Reader, I have dreamt of this day. The Solar Panels are on the roof and I am one excited Old Coot. #solar #solarpower #solarpanels #sun #sunworshiper #sunworshipers #energy #cleanenergy #solarenergy #carbonfootprint
Ever since learning about Solar Power in my 1964 Weekly Reader, I have dreamt of this day. The Solar Panels are on the roof and I am one excited Old Coot. #solar #solarpower #solarpanels #sun #sunworshiper #sunworshipers #energy #cleanenergy #solarenergy #carbonfootprint
"Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site"
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